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Definition of Spoffish
1. a. Earnest and active in matters of no moment; bustling.
Definition of Spoffish
1. Adjective. (UK colloquial dated) earnest and active in matters of no importance; bustling ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spoffish
1. fussy [adj] - See also: fussy
Medical Definition of Spoffish
1. Earnest and active in matters of no moment; bustling. Origin: probably from Prov. E. Spoffle to be spoffish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spoffish
Literary usage of Spoffish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dickens Dictionary: A Key to the Characters and Principal Incidents in by Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1900)
"A law-student, smart, spoffish, and eight and twenty. With a few friends he
attempts to get up an excursion party to which no one shall be invited who has ..."
2. Edmund Yates: His Recollections and Experiences by Edmund Hodgson Yates (1884)
"I had noticed from time to time that a little spoffish American gentleman, who
invariably wore a pince-nez glass, had regarded me with great Mistaken] ..."
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